Monday’s Mix
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.
This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. NSRLP 2. Slater Vecchio Connected 3. Michael Spratt 4. Double Aspect 5. Civil Resolution Tribunal blog
NSRLP
This Way for the Legal Wading Pool
If you’ve been adrift on the internet desperately trying not to drown in the flood of legal information, great news! You’ve found a raft! No, that’s not really funny. When you’re representing yourself, trying to get to the information you want does often feel like drowning. There’s so much info, mostly not what you need, so you wind up flailing about desperate to stay afloat while the currents try to pull you under. Or you get caught in whirlpools of misinformation. Or weighted down by too much case law. …
Slater Vecchio Connected
Parent Advisory – Recall of ByHeart Infant Formula
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a food-safety warning concerning the product ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. The CFIA reports that certain unexpired batches of the product (680 g, UPC 8 50044 96800, and 238 g, UPC 8 50044 96802) may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that can cause botulism. Food contaminated with this bacterium may not look or smell spoiled, but can still pose a risk: CFIA Food Safety Warning: ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. …
Michael Spratt
Why Ford and Downey’s Cash Bail Bill Won’t Make Ontario Safer
We need to talk about bail. Again. Because whenever a government needs a distraction, a villain and a fundraising hook, they dust off the same script. Cue the ominous music. Pretend bail is broken. Pretend the courts are pushovers. Pretend complexity can be fixed with slogans. It is political comfort food for people who should know better. Enter Premier Doug Ford and Attorney General Doug Downey with a new bail bill that will not fix bail, reduce crime, or make anyone safer. Instead, Ford and Downey are serving Ontarians a double-double of unconstitutionality. …
Double Aspect
Truth about Allegiance At last, a Canadian court declares an oath of allegiance unconstitutional — for all the wrong reasons
It is, or at least was, fairly common practice in Canada to require people to take an oath to “be faithful and bear true allegiance to” the Sovereign, his heirs and successors. The single largest group of people who must swear the oath of allegiance are naturalized citizens, of whom I am one. Another fairly numerous group that used to be, and in some provinces still is, required to swear this oath consists of lawyers. It has also been a somewhat common practice for people to object to the oath of allegiance, and in some cases to challenge its constitutionality. …
Civil Resolution Tribunal blog
Updates to the CRT’s Access to Information and Privacy Policy
The Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) regularly reviews and updates its policies to ensure they are clear and consistent. See our updated Access to Information and Privacy Policy which came into effect on January 1, 2026. The CRT only asks for information that’s required to process and resolve a dispute. We also receive information that CRT participants give us. For example, the CRT may collect: …
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